"Use this step-by-step guide to becoming an effective and successful child care director or administrator in today's early childhood education environment. With interviews gathered from program thirty-two directors across the country, this book is a comprehensive guide to becoming the best director you can be. Combined with current research and best practices you will find realistic real-time solutions to address the most common struggles faced by program administrators today. Christine A. Schmidt is theowner of 2 CR Solutions, Ltd., a consulting, training, and technical assistance company for organizations that serve children birth through age 18"--, "A well-rounded, step-by-step instructional guide to becoming an effective and successful child care director/administrator. This book identifies areas that new and experienced directors and administrators of early care and education programs find most challenging. Using this information, the author's own experiences, and current research and best practice, this book provides realistic real-time solutions from the field that address the areas administrators struggle with the most"--